How Liverpool’s Mo Salah makes and spends his millions: the Egyptian footballer has a net worth of US$53 million thanks to deals with Pepsi and Gucci, wears Audemars Piguet, and drives an Audi Q7
- The ‘Egyptian King’ is a striker for Liverpool FC and the club’s highest-paid player, but the football legend makes money off the pitch too, thanks to deals with Adidas, Pepsi, Vodafone and Gucci
- The 32-year-old father-of-2 also regularly gives back to his hometown of Nagrig in Egypt, and has donated an undisclosed sum to Gazans affected by Israeli air strikes
According to Forbes, Mohamed Salah, better known as Mo Salah, has a net worth of US$53 million. He’s Liverpool’s all-time Champions League goal scorer and the Reds fans celebrate him by singing, “If he scores another few, then I’ll be Muslim, too.”
Salah’s been credited with reducing Islamophobia in the English city. In 2021, Adidas even projected him onto the facade of the Burj Khalifa in its “Impossible is Nothing” campaign, celebrating his ability to unite people through sport, per Forbes Middle East.
The “Egyptian King” turned 32 on June 15; let’s take a look at how he makes and spends his millions.
Mo Salah’s lucrative club career
Salah started his senior club career at Basel in 2012, playing in the Swiss Super League. He joined Chelsea in 2014 and went to Roma on loan in 2015 before joining the club permanently in 2016. He signed a five-year deal with Liverpool in July 2017 and then renegotiated his three-year-contract in July 2022, which now makes him the club’s highest-paid player. His current salary is US$35 million, per Forbes, and he will remain with the Reds until the summer of 2025.